JP2003256892A - Parking fee settlement system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking fee settlement system for allowing a driver to automatically settle a parking fee without any cash or trouble in a pay parking lot. <P>SOLUTION: This system is provided with an ETC receiver 3 mounted on a parking space P and a host computer 5 connected to the ETC receiver 3, and the host computer 5 records a credit card number read from an ETC on- vehicle equipment mounted on a vehicle entering the parking space P by the ETC receiver 3 together with the entering time of the vehicle, and when the vehicle leaves, records the leaving time of the vehicle, and calculates a parking time from the leaving time and the entering time, and calculates a parking fee from the parking time, and charges a credit company based on the credit card number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for cashless payment of a parking fee when a vehicle parked in a pay parking lot leaves the vehicle.

[0002]

Generally, in a pay parking lot, a staff member waiting at the exit of the parking lot collects the parking fee, and a payout machine equipped with a breaker is installed at the exit of the parking lot. The driver pays the parking fee by operating the payment machine himself.

In such a conventional pay parking lot,
Since the parking fee has to be settled in cash, the driver sitting in the driver's seat has to take money in and out of the wallet each time, and the parking fee is very troublesome to settle. There are also cases where the driver is distracted by the payment of the fee and his foot leaves the brakes, causing a contact accident.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the conventional problems when paying a parking fee in a pay parking lot.

That is, the first object of the present invention is to provide a parking charge settlement system which is cashless in a pay parking lot and which allows the driver to automatically settle the parking charge without bothering hands. And

Further, a second object of the present invention is to provide a parking charge settlement method which is cashless in a pay parking lot and which allows the driver to automatically settle the parking charge without bothering hands. And

[0007]

In order to achieve the above first object, the parking charge settlement system according to the first invention comprises:
A receiver of the automatic toll collection device installed in the parking space of the parking lot and a parking fee calculation device connected to the receiver of the automatic toll collection device, wherein the parking fee calculation device is An entry record procedure that records the credit card number read from the onboard device of the automatic fee collection device installed in the vehicle that has entered the parking space by the receiver together with the time when the vehicle enters the parking space, and the exit of the vehicle Occasionally, the exit recording procedure that records the exit time, the parking time calculation procedure that calculates the parking time from the exit time recorded by this exit recording procedure and the entry time recorded by the entry recording procedure, and the parking time calculation procedure And a parking fee calculation means for calculating a parking fee from the determined parking time. It is.

In the parking charge settlement system according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle device of an automatic charge collection device (ETC) enters a parking space of a parking lot in which the parking charge settlement system is installed , An automatic toll collection device (E
The receiver of (TC) communicates with the vehicle-mounted device of the entering vehicle to read the credit card number registered in the vehicle-mounted device.

Then, the parking charge calculation device uses the credit card number read by the receiver of the automatic charge collection device from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle to be stored in the parking space in the memory in the storage recording procedure of the parking charge calculation means. It is recorded together with the entry time of the vehicle in the storage area set for each.

In this parking charge calculation device, for example, the time when the credit card number is read from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle by the receiver of the automatic charge collection device or the time when the car stop attached to the parking space is operated is set as the storage time. Record.

Next, when the departure time of the vehicle is recorded in the departure recording procedure of the parking fee calculation means, the parking fee calculation device first enters the departure time recorded in the departure recording procedure in the parking time calculation procedure. The parking time of the leaving vehicle is calculated from the entering time recorded in the recording procedure, and further, based on the parking time calculated in this parking time calculating procedure, the parking time for the vehicle attempting to leave the parking charge is calculated. Calculate the parking charge.

As described above, according to the first invention,
The automatic toll collection device (ETC), which the vehicle is equipped with to pay the toll on the toll road, automatically pays the parking fee at the toll parking lot without cash and the driver's trouble. You will be told.

In order to achieve the first object, the parking charge settlement system according to the second aspect of the present invention has, in addition to the structure of the first aspect, a vehicle detection member for detecting an incoming vehicle in the parking space. Further, for the reading of the credit card number between the on-vehicle device of the vehicle and the receiver of the automatic fee collection device when the vehicle detection member detects the vehicle entering the parking fee calculation device. Is further provided with a read command means for outputting a command signal for performing the communication.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the communication for reading the credit card number between the receiver of the automatic toll collection device installed in the parking space and the vehicle-mounted device of the incoming vehicle is carried out. This is performed when an incoming vehicle is detected by a vehicle detection member mounted in the parking space and a command signal is output to the receiver of the automatic toll collection device by the read command means of the parking charge calculation device.

As a result, the credit card number can be reliably read from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle entering the parking space.

In order to achieve the first object, a parking charge settlement system according to a third aspect of the present invention is, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, after the entry time is recorded by the entry record procedure in the exit record procedure. When communication is performed between the receiver of the automatic toll collection device and the vehicle-mounted device of the automatic toll collection device of the vehicle stored in the parking space, the time is recorded as the departure time.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, as the leaving time recorded in the leaving record procedure of the parking fee calculation means of the parking fee calculation device, the receiver of the automatic fee collection device is provided after recording the entering time in the entering record procedure. The time when communication is performed with the vehicle-mounted device of the automatic toll collection device of the vehicle stored in the parking space is recorded.

As a result, the recording of the departure time is automatically performed by the automatic fee collection device mounted on the vehicle.

In order to achieve the first object, a parking charge settlement system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the structure of the first aspect, in which a car stop member is attached to a parking space, and the parking fee calculation device is A first drive signal for activating the vehicle stop member in a direction to prevent the vehicle from leaving the parking space after the vehicle enters the parking space; and a first drive signal for operating the vehicle stop member in a direction to allow the vehicle to leave the parking space when the vehicle leaves the parking space. It is characterized by further comprising a vehicle stop drive signal output means for outputting two drive signals.

In the parking charge settlement system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the vehicle stop drive signal output means of the parking charge calculation device is:
After the vehicle is stored in the parking space, the vehicle stopper member attached to the parking space in which the vehicle is stored has a first position.
A drive signal is output to operate this car stop member in a direction to prevent the vehicle from entering the garage. When the vehicle leaves the car, a second drive signal is output to the car stop member to store the car stop member. Operate the vehicle in a direction that allows it to leave.

Therefore, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the parking charge calculation device detects the entering time and the exiting time of the vehicle at the timings when the car stop members are actuated, respectively. It will be possible to reliably record the departure time.

In order to achieve the first object of the parking charge settlement system according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the parking charge calculation device calculates the parking charge according to a parking charge calculation procedure. It is characterized by further comprising parking fee charging means for charging a parking fee to a credit company based on the credit card number recorded in the entry recording procedure.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the parking charge calculation device charges the parking charge calculated in the parking charge calculation procedure of the parking charge calculation means to the credit company by the parking charge calculation means. It is performed based on the credit card number recorded in the procedure.

Thus, the parking fee can be automatically settled without the driver's trouble.

In the parking charge settlement method according to the sixth aspect of the invention, in order to achieve the second object, the vehicle entering the parking space by the receiver of the automatic toll collection device attached to the parking space of the parking lot. The credit card number is read from the in-vehicle device of the automatic toll collection device installed in the vehicle, and the read credit card number is recorded along with the time when the vehicle enters the parking space, and when the vehicle leaves the parking space, it is issued. It is characterized in that the time is recorded, the parking time is calculated from the recorded leaving time and the entering time, and the parking fee is calculated from the calculated parking time.

According to the parking charge settlement method of the sixth aspect of the invention, the automatic charge receiving device (E) is installed in the parking space of the parking lot.
When a vehicle equipped with an in-vehicle device (TC) enters, a receiver of an automatic toll collection device (ETC) installed in a parking space into which the vehicle enters will receive a gap between the vehicle and the on-board device of the vehicle. By communication, the credit card number registered in this vehicle-mounted device is read.

Then, the credit card number read by the receiver of the automatic fee collection device from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle to be stored is recorded in the memory of the computer for calculating the parking fee together with the time of storage of the vehicle.

Next, when the vehicle is leaving, the departure time is recorded, and the parking time of the leaving vehicle is calculated from the recorded departure time and the previously recorded entry time. Based on the calculated parking time, the parking fee for the vehicle that is about to leave the warehouse is calculated.

As described above, according to the sixth invention,
The automatic toll collection device (ETC), which the vehicle is equipped with to pay the toll on the toll road, automatically pays the parking fee at the toll parking lot without cash and the driver's trouble. You will be told.

In order to achieve the second object, the parking charge settlement method according to the seventh aspect of the present invention is, in addition to the structure of the sixth aspect, a vehicle detection member for detecting an incoming vehicle in the parking space. It is characterized in that when the vehicle detection member detects a vehicle entering the vehicle, the receiver of the automatic fee collection device is made to perform communication for reading the credit card number from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle.

According to the seventh aspect of the invention, the communication for reading the credit card number between the receiver of the automatic toll collection device installed in the parking space and the vehicle-mounted device of the entering vehicle is carried out. It is performed when the coming vehicle is detected by the vehicle detection member attached to the parking space.

As a result, the credit card number can be reliably read from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle entering the parking space.

In order to achieve the second object, the parking charge settlement method according to the eighth aspect of the invention is, in addition to the configuration of the sixth aspect of the invention, that the record of the delivery time is automatically collected after recording the entry time. It is characterized in that it is performed when there is communication between the receiver of the device and the on-vehicle device of the automatic toll collection device of the vehicle stored in the parking space.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, as the leaving time to be recorded, the receiver of the automatic fee collecting device and the vehicle-mounted device of the automatic fee collecting device of the vehicle stored in the parking space after recording the entering time are recorded. The time when communication is made between the two is recorded.

As a result, the departure time is automatically recorded by the automatic fee collection device mounted on the vehicle.

In order to achieve the second object, the parking charge settlement method according to the ninth aspect of the invention is, in addition to the configuration of the sixth aspect, a vehicle stop member attached to the parking space to prevent the vehicle from leaving. The storage time is recorded after the vehicle is operated in the opposite direction, and the car stop member is operated in a direction in which the vehicle can be stored in the parking space after the storage time is recorded.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the vehicle stop member attached to the parking space is actuated in such a direction as to stop the leaving of the loaded vehicle after the vehicle has entered the parking space, and when the vehicle leaves the vehicle. , Is operated in a direction that allows the entering vehicle to exit.

Therefore, according to the ninth aspect of the invention, the entry time and the exit time of the vehicle are detected at the timings when the vehicle stop members are activated, so that the entry time and the exit time of the vehicle are recorded. You will definitely be able to do it.

A parking charge settlement method according to the tenth invention is as follows:
In order to achieve the second object, in addition to the configuration of the sixth invention, a credit company is charged with a parking fee calculated based on a credit card number recorded together with the entering time. There is.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the parking fee is charged to the credit company based on the credit card number recorded by reading from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle.

As a result, the parking fee can be settled automatically without the driver's trouble.

[0042]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The most preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a parking fee settlement system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a layout of a parking lot in which the parking fee settlement system is installed.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, each parking space P is provided with a car stop 1 on the floor surface on the entrance side thereof.

Further, the ETC receiver 3 is provided at the center of the bar 2 which is bridged above the entrance side of the parking space P.
A vehicle detection sensor 4 such as an infrared sensor or an ultrasonic sensor for detecting a vehicle stored in the parking space P is attached to a pillar portion of the bar 2.

The car stop 1, the ETC receiver 3, and the vehicle detection sensor 4 are connected to a host computer 5 installed in a management office of a parking lot, and the host computer 5 is a dedicated line or the Internet. I
The credit company 6 is connected via the.

The host computer 5 opens and closes the car stop 1 based on the communication between the ETC receiver 3 and the ETS vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle, and the parking time of the vehicle and the parking time thereof. A computer program for calculating a parking charge based on the above, and further charging the parking charge to the credit company 6 is provided.

Next, the procedure for adjusting the parking fee by the parking fee adjusting system will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the procedure for starting the charging of the parking fee, which is carried out by executing the computer program in the host computer 5 when the vehicle is stored, and FIG. 4 is the host computer 5 when the vehicle is stored. 5 is a flowchart showing a parking charge settlement procedure performed by executing the computer program in FIG.

In FIG. 3, when a vehicle equipped with an ETC vehicle-mounted device enters one of the parking spaces P in the parking lot and the vehicle detection sensor 4 detects the entering vehicle, a detection signal is output. Host computer 5
Receiving the detection signal from the vehicle detection sensor 4, recognizes that the vehicle has entered the parking space P (step a1).

Upon reception of the detection signal from the vehicle detection sensor 4, the ETC receiver 3 outputs a communication command signal for causing communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle that has entered the warehouse (step). a2).

After the output of this communication command signal, communication is performed between the ETC receiver 3 and the ETC vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle that has entered the warehouse, and the ETC receiver 3 receives this E from the ETC vehicle-mounted device.
The vehicle number registered in the TC in-vehicle device and the credit card number recorded in the IC card issued by the credit company inserted in the ETC in-vehicle device are read, and the read signal is output to the host computer 5. .

The host computer 5 receives the read signal from the ETC receiver 3 (step a).
3) Next, a drive signal is output to the car stop 1 installed in the parking space P in which the vehicle has entered, and the stopper of the car stop 1 is raised (step a4).

After the drive signal is output to the car stop 1, the host computer 5 receives the read signal from the storage area of the memory set for each parking space P. In the storage area corresponding to the installed parking space P, the vehicle number and the credit card number read from the ETC vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle and the time when the drive signal is output to the car stop 1, that is, the storage time are recorded (step a5). ).

After that, the driver of the vehicle entering the vehicle turns off the engine of the vehicle to turn off the power supply of the ETC vehicle-mounted device, so that the ETC receiver 3 stands by in the receiving state.

In FIG. 4, when the driver starts the engine of the vehicle to leave the vehicle, the power of the ETC vehicle-mounted device is turned on and the communication signal output from the ETC vehicle-mounted device is received by the ETC receiver 3. , ETC receiver 3
Outputs to the host computer 5 a delivery signal indicating that the communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device has been performed.

When the host computer 5 detects that a leaving signal is input from the ETC receiver 3 (step b1), the vehicle attempts to leave the time when the leaving signal is input (leaving time). It is recorded in the storage area set in the memory corresponding to the parking space P (step b2).

Then, the host computer 5, based on the delivery time recorded in the storage area of this memory and the arrival time recorded in step a4 of FIG. 3,
The parking time is calculated (step b3), and the parking fee is calculated based on the calculated parking time (step b4).

After this, the host computer 5 outputs a drive signal to the car stop 1 and lowers the stopper to allow the vehicle to leave (step b).
5).

Then, the host computer 5 charges the parking charge calculated in step b4 to the credit company 6 via the private line or the Internet I based on the credit card number recorded in the memory (step b6). ).

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a layout of a parking lot to which the same example is applied.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a charging start procedure of a parking fee when a vehicle is stored in the same example.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a procedure for adjusting a parking fee when a vehicle is leaving in the same example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Car stop (car stop member) 2 ... bar 3… ETC receiver (receiver of automatic toll collection device) 4 ... Vehicle detection sensor (vehicle detection member) 5 ... Host computer (parking fee calculator) 6… Credit company P ... Parking space

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A receiver of an automatic fee collection device installed in a parking space of a parking lot, and a parking fee calculation device connected to the receiver of the automatic fee collection device, wherein the parking fee calculation device comprises: Receipt recording procedure that records the credit card number read from the on-vehicle device of the automatic fee collection device installed in the vehicle that has entered the parking space by the receiver of the automatic fee collection device together with the time when the vehicle entered the parking space And an exit recording procedure for recording the exit time of the vehicle when the vehicle exits, a parking time calculation procedure for calculating a parking time from the exit time recorded by the exit recording procedure and the entry time recorded by the entrance recording procedure, and parking. A parking fee calculation means for calculating a parking fee from the parking time calculated by the time calculation procedure; Parking fee payment system that is characterized in that. 2. A vehicle detection member for detecting an incoming vehicle is further attached to the parking space, and the parking fee calculation device is provided with an automatic fee collection device when the vehicle detection member detects an incoming vehicle. 2. The parking charge settlement system according to claim 1, further comprising a read command means for outputting a command signal for causing the receiver to perform communication for reading a credit card number with an in-vehicle device of the vehicle. 3. In the warehousing recording procedure, after the warehousing time is recorded by the warehousing recording procedure, communication is performed between the receiver of the automatic fare collection device and the vehicle-mounted device of the automatic fare collection device of the vehicle stored in the parking space. The parking charge settlement system according to claim 1, wherein when there is, the time is recorded as the leaving time. 4. A vehicle stop member is attached to a parking space, and the parking charge calculation device activates the vehicle stop member in a direction to prevent the vehicle from leaving when the vehicle enters the parking space. The parking charge settlement system according to claim 1, further comprising a vehicle stop drive signal output means for outputting a second drive signal for operating the vehicle stop member in a direction in which the vehicle is allowed to leave the parking space when the vehicle exits. 5. The parking charge calculation device further comprises parking charge claim means for charging the parking charge calculated by the parking charge calculation procedure to the credit company based on the credit card number recorded in the entry recording procedure. The parking fee settlement system according to claim 1. 6. A credit card number is read from an in-vehicle device of an automatic toll collection device installed in a vehicle entering this parking space by a receiver of an automatic toll collection device installed in a parking space of a parking lot. The read credit card number is recorded together with the time when the vehicle enters the parking space, the departure time is recorded when the vehicle leaves the parking space, and the parking time is calculated from the recorded departure time and the entry time. A parking charge settlement method, wherein a parking charge is calculated from the calculated parking time. 7. A vehicle detection member for detecting an incoming vehicle is attached to a parking space, and when the vehicle detection member detects a vehicle entering the vehicle, the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle is used as a receiver of the automatic fee collection device. The parking fee settlement method according to claim 6, wherein communication for reading a credit card number is performed. 8. The communication of the record of the leaving time when the receiver of the automatic fee collecting device and the vehicle-mounted device of the automatic fee collecting device of the vehicle stored in the parking space communicate with each other after recording the entering time. The parking charge settlement method according to claim 6, wherein 9. A direction in which the warehousing time is recorded after the car stop member attached to the parking space is actuated in a direction to prevent the warehousing of the vehicle, and the warehousing of the vehicle from the parking space is allowed after the warehousing time is recorded. The parking fee settlement method according to claim 6, wherein the car stop member is operated. 10. The parking charge settlement method according to claim 6, wherein the credit company is charged a calculated parking charge based on a credit card number recorded together with the entering time.